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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
The Youth 20  Summit concludes successfully today in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Y20 Communiqué signed successfully with unanimous consent
The Y20 Summit organized from 17th to 20th August, 2023
Under the overall framework of G20 Presidency, the Y20 India engagement Group meeting concluded successfully in Varanasi today .
Y20, as part of overall framework of G20 under Presidency of India has set new milestones for the world. During the summit, Y20 Communiqué was discussed and negotiated, thereafter, it has been signed successfully with unanimous consent.
The major recommendations included in the Communique are -
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- Empower Lifelong Learning
- Prepare The Global Workforce For Global Challenges
- Strengthen International Research Collaboration
- Promote Universal Gig Worker Rights and
- Implement Accessible Sustainable Financing and Mentoring.
A plenary session was held on the last day in Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre . Sh. Sharad Vivek Sagar, Sh. Anmol Sovit, Y20 India; Sh. Pathikrit Payne, Coordination Head, Y20 India; Sh. Falit Sijariya, Head of Delegation, Y20 India and Smt. Aditi Narayani Paswan, Track Chair, Y20 India led the session. The Y20 2023 communiqué was released by the troika countries comprising of Chair Y20 India, Indonesia Organising Committee Representative and Brazil Organising Committee Representative. The Flag was officially handed over by Y20 India Chair to the Brazilian Head of Delegation.
Outcome of the Summit in form of the Y20 Communiqué was signed by Heads of Delegation, which marked the conclusion of the various discussions held during the last few months. It is a testament to the collective common vision across the five identified themes of Y20, which will ensure that the voices of young people are heard by the highest-level decision-makers on global platform.
During the 4 day summit, delegates visited Sarnath, the famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Ganga ghat during a river cruise. India's rich art, culture and heritage left a long-lasting impression on the delegates from across the world. Rich and diverse cultural heritage of the holy city of Varanasi; its spirituality, literature, art, and music also mesmerized the delegates from G20 countries, guest countries and international organisations.
The Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India were entrusted with the responsibility to organize Youth20  Summit-2023. A number of events were organised including the Y20 Curtain Raiser in New Delhi, Inception meeting in Guwahati, Y20 Pre-Summit at Leh, Ladakh, 14 Y20 Consultations at various universities across the country and 50 brainstorming sessions each by Confederation of Indian Industry  and Research and Information System for Developing Countries .
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
MSP Operations during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21
About 27.81 Lakh Paddy Farmers have benefitted from KMS Procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 57967.79 crore.
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra with purchase of over 307.03 LMTs of paddy upto 25.11.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 259.41 LMT showing an increase of 18.35 % over last year. Out of the total purchase of 307.03 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.53 LMT which is 65.96 % of total procurement.
About 27.81 Lac farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 57967.79 crore.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 45.24 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme . Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 25.11.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 86199.73 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.465.05 Crores benefitting 49736 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto 25.11.2020 as against the last year corresponding purchase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based on the arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses and Oilseeds.
Procurement operations of seed cotton  under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka. Till 25.11.2020 a quantity of 2549404 cotton bales valuing Rs. 7527.31 Crore has been procured benefitting 513960 farmers.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 193.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 9.50 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,93,53,58,865
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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9,50,79,835
More than 193.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 9.50 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO adds 10.11 lakh net subscribers in the November 2020 Payroll Data
The provisional payroll of EPFO released today reveals that it has added around 10.11 lakh net subscribers in the month of November, 2020. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, EPFO has added around 45.29 lakh net subscribers base in the current financial year . The data published comprises of members who have joined during the month and whose contribution has been received.
In the month of November, 2020, around 6.41 lakh new members have joined EPFO. Roughly 3.70 lakh net members exited and then rejoined EPFO, indicating switching of jobs by subscribers within the establishments covered by EPFO and subscribers choosing to retain their membership by transferring of funds rather than opting for final settlement. Exited members rejoining also indicate that workers are returning to their jobs with decline in active Covid-19 cases in India.
Age-wise analysis indicates that during November 2020, the age-bracket of 22-25 has registered highest growth in subscriber base with around 2.72 lakh net enrollments. This was followed by 18-21 age-bracket with around 2.21 lakh net enrollments. The 18-25 age-group members can be considered as fresh hands in the labour market and have contributed roughly 48.72% of the new subscriber additions for November, 2020.
Across the States’ comparison of payroll figures shows that states of Maharashtra, Haryana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka continue to remain at the forefront of the employment recovery cycle with adding approximately 53% of the total net payroll addition during the current financial year 2020-21  across all the age groups.
Category-wise analysis of industry indicates ‘expert services’ category  continues to be the best performer by contributing a combined payroll of 23.45 lakh during the current financial year across all age groups. This constitutes approximately 60% of the net new payroll for the top ten industry categories for the same period. However, performance in other industry classification such as building & construction industry, engineers–engineering contractors; electrical, mechanical or general engineering products indicates that recovery has started picking up in other sectors as well.
Gender-wise analysis for the month of November 2020 shows that the share of females in new enrolment has increased from 21.64% in October, 2020 to 22.40% in November, 2020. Out of total 6.41 lakh net subscribers joined the EPF Scheme in the month of November, 2020, total 1.43 lakh were female workforce.
EPFO reaffirms its vision to be an innovation driven social security organisation aiming to extend universal coverage and ensuring Nirbadh - seamless and uninterrupted service delivery to its stakeholders through state-of-the-art technology. The payroll data is provisional since updating of employee records is a continuous process and accordingly gets updated on a month-on-month basis.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Ms. Nivruti Rai appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Invest India
Ms. Nivruti Rai joined as the Managing Director & CEO of Invest India on July 12, 2023. She has taken over the charge from Ms. Manmeet K Nanda, Joint Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  who had assumed this additional charge of MD & CEO ad-interim in March 2023.
Ms. Rai is the recipient of the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskar for her remarkable contributions in the field of technology. Ms. Nivruti Rai joins Invest India after an illustrious 29 years at Intel as a global business and technology leader. She led Intel India as Country Head for the past seven years driving growth and investment of Intel in India. During her tenure at Intel India, she contributed significantly towards indigenous technology development, start-up ecosystem, electronics manufacturing ecosystem and policy formulation especially in the areas of critical and emerging technologies. She has been part of the leadership team in various industrial bodies and government committees and brings a wealth of experience in working closely with industry associations, business leaders and government leaders.
Created under the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for a New India, Invest India today is well acknowledged by stakeholders for its tangible contributions and instrumental role in executing the Government’s flagship initiatives including Make in India, Startup India, National Single Window System, Project Monitoring Group, and Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council. Invest India leverages private sector expertise to execute Government’s vision, embodying high levels of transparency, ethics and corporate governance.
The Board of Invest India is chaired by Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh, Secretary, DPIIT. Other members of the Board include Shri P. K. Tripathi, Secretary , Cabinet Secretariat; Ms. Arti Bhatnagar, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, DPIIT; Shri Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs; Shri Anand Mahindra, Chairperson, Mahindra Group; Shri Pankaj R. Patel, Chairperson, Cadilla Healthcare; Shri Harshvardhan Neotia, Chairperson, Ambuja Neotia Group; Ms. Rekha M. Menon, Chairperson & Senior MD, Accenture; Ms. Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM; and Shri Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Aadhar makes life easier
Unique Identification Authority of India  RO Mumbai informs that residents can easily get Aadhaar related complaints, information, queries answered and Aadhaar queries resolved by calling the toll free number 1947. For Aadhaar related complaints you should call toll free number 1947. This service is available for 24X7. So can be availed during off office hours also.
This is a toll free helpline. Residents can contact 1947 from their land line or mobile phone and seek help through the automated IVRS mode or speak to an Aadhaar Care Executive. Aadhaar Contact Centers support in 12 languages Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bangla, Odia, Assamese, and English.
Information and guidance for updating date of birth, name, mobile number and address, PVC card information, checking EID/UID update status, guidance for home enrollment service, all these information can be easily accessed by the residents on 1947.
If your update request is rejected, you can call 1947 to get the reason for rejection and take corrective action before you make another update request. Call 1947 and register your grievances, resident will receive a Interaction number on SMS within 30 seconds. For knowing status of your grievance’s resident may call and share interaction number with Aadhaar card executive to know the status of grievances. If any updation on your grievances will also be intimated you on your register mobile no and Email ID.
You can email your queries/feedback/suggestions or complaints at help@uidai.gov.in. or registered online complaint on: https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/file-complaint and track the status of your complaint from https://myaadhaar.uidai.gov.in/file-complaint-status.
Citizens are requested by Government of India to call the toll-free number 1947 provided by UIDAI.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 133.17 Cr
More than 19 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.37% is highest since March 2020
7,350 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload is lowest in 561 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 29 days
With the administration of 19,10,917vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded133.17 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,38,93,021sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,85,628
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2nd Dose
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96,00,597
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,83,021
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2nd Dose
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1,66,93,235
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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47,85,34,066
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2nd Dose
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27,04,21,555
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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18,96,04,286
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2nd Dose
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13,35,62,704
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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11,85,50,001
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2nd Dose
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8,60,49,369
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Total
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1,33,17,84,462
The recovery of7,973 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients  to 3,41,30,768.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.37%,highest since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 15,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for last 46days now.
7,350 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseloadpresently at91,456 is lowest in 561 days.Active cases constitute 0.26% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 8,55,692tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over65.66 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.69% remains less than 1% for the last 29 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be0.86%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 70 days and below 3% for 105 consecutive days now.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 58.07 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 3.62 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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58,07,64,210
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PIPELINE
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51,48,970
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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3,62,24,601
More than 58.07 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category. Further, 51,48,970 doses are in the pipeline.
More than 3.62 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Central Genomics and Quality Laboratory facility will help farmers in analyzing the quality of soil, water and produce: - Radha Mohan Singh
National Rice Research Institute  has released two high-protein and two climate-smart varieties, and is working on developing & popularizing super-yielding varieties and agro-technologies
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated Central Genomics and Quality Laboratory facility at ICAR - National Rice Research Institute  in Cuttack  today. He praised the NRRI for its stellar role in the development of agriculture not only in Eastern region but also at the national front. Since its inception in 1946, the Institute contributed immensely in country's Green Revolution and steered groundbreaking research in development of high-yield rice varieties thereby helping achieve self-sufficiency in rice production.
Shri Singh said that for ensuring nutritional security, for the first time in the world, the Institute recently released two high-protein rice varieties  and two climate-smart varieties , which are tolerant to both submergence and drought and few biotic stresses to face the challenges of climate change. He added that the Institute is working on developing and popularizing super-yielding varieties and agro-technologies for higher productivity, profitability, climate resilience and sustainability of rice farming.
He said that the NRRI is the nodal agency for planning, implementation and monitoring of Bringing Green Revolution in Eastern India  programme which is being implemented in 118 districts of seven Eastern states. With its implementation, more than 25% of yield increase has been recorded in the states of Assam, Bihar and Chhatisgarh, whereas 12-15% yield increase has been reported in Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Eastern UP. Shri Singh congratulated NRRI for developing Mobile App ‘riceXpert’ which is helping in providing information to farmers in real time besides facilitating the flow of information from scientist to farmers.
Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan was also present on this occasion.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
122.41 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
Recovery Rate currently at 98.34%; Highest since March 2020
9,905 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,40,08,183
8,309 new cases in the last 24 hours
India's Active caseload stands at 1,03,859; lowest in 544 days
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.30%; Lowest since March 2020
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 56 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 15 days
64.02 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Ministry of Power
Powergrid Fully Commissions
India’s first VSC based HVDC System
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited , a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India, has commissioned Monopole-I of the ± 320 kV, 2000 Mega-Watt , Pugalur  – Thrissur  Voltage Source Convertor  based High Voltage Direct Current  System today. This Project strengthens the power system of Southern Region of our Country. It may be recalled that Monopole-II of the project was inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, on 19th February, 2021 and with the commissioning of Monopole-I, the project has attained its full capacity.
The Pugalur-Thrissur HVDC system, costing Rs. 5070 crore, is a part of the Raigarh-Pugalur-Thrissur 6000 MW HVDC system and enables transfer of 2000 MW to Kerala through the VSC HVDC station at Thrissur.
The state-of-the-art VSC Technology has been brought to India for the first time by POWERGRID through this Project. The VSC technology significantly reduces the land requirement compared to the conventional HVDC systems and is particularly suitable for areas, where land is scarce. It also facilitates development of smart grid and improves system resilience under various operating conditions. A unique feature of this project is the combination of overhead line and underground cable to address the restricted availability of transmission corridor in Kerala.
Major HVDC equipment like interface transformers and IGBT-based power convertors, AC equipment such as Gas Insulated Sub-station, switchgear, controls and relay panels have been supplied by factories in India, thereby giving a major boost to the Prime Minister’s Make in India program. A significant part of the design, engineering, testing and commissioning for this VSC project has been done in India , aligned to the Prime Minister’s vision of “Aatmanirbhar Bharat”.